"Natural anger is alignment energy. It’s your system saying—‘That? That’s not me.’ Anger isn’t dysfunction. It’s distinction. It’s your truth pulling rank."— Darryl Anka (Bashar)

I talk about this a lot—especially with my clients and in my corporate program Vitality Edge—because the core of a rock-solid vitality foundation is learning to read your body’s signals as data, not dysfunction. And putting that into practice is one of the major catalysts for biochemical change in the body.

And one of the most misunderstood signals?Anger.

We live in a world that shames anger. That turns it into a PR problem.Be the “bigger person.” Take the “high road.” Be the good boy. Be the good girl. Be the perfect human who doesn’t react. Who stays composed. Who never flinches. Who never says no. Who stays smiling—no matter how wrong something feels.

But here’s what never gets said out loud:That suppression? That chronic repression of your anger to seem like a tidy little evolved human?That’s the real mental health crisis.

Anger is not dysfunction.It’s your body saying: “No. Not that. Not me.”It’s a boundary flare. A bullshit barometer. A rapid-fire diagnostic of what’s not aligned with your truth.

And when you deny it—when you stuff it, ignore it, shame it—it doesn’t disappear.It festers. It finds other exits. It becomes:

It turns your nervous system against itself.

People confuse feeling anger with acting it out.No, you don’t get to punch someone in the face.But you do get to feel the fire.To honor it.To let it roar inside you just long enough to hear what it’s trying to say:

“This isn’t who you are. This isn’t how you want to be treated. This is not okay.”

I teach this to my kids. When they come home pissed because a teacher gave a test on something they didn’t teach?I don’t tell them to play nice.I don’t defend the system.I say, "Yeah. That sucks. That’s not okay. You’re right to be angry."

Because that anger? That spark?That’s their clarity.That’s how they’ll learn to build the life they do want.

You can’t live a good life without knowing what you’re a no to.And anger is how your body delivers the no.

If you’re waiting to feel joy—but haven’t made room for your rage—you’ll stay stuck.You won’t be able to move into the next level of life and health your body is asking for.

This is where biochemical change begins:By creating an internal environment that can actually receive your diet, exercise, and sleep in the most sustainable, efficient, and reparative way.

Start there.Where your body says no.Where the truth first cracks open the shell of performance.That’s not dysfunction.That’s the beginning of health.